Brent Crude Oil: a 5.9σ fall on 2 November 2026
Recorded 4 November 2026On 2 November 2026 Brent Crude Oil fell 10.94% close to close, 5.9 times its typical daily move of 1.85% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 66 sessions on record before it. 28 other instruments of the 197 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- −10.94%
- Size
- −5.9σ
- Typical day before it
- 1.85%
- Close
- 104.77
- Previous close, 30 October 2026
- 117.64
- Since, to 6 November 2026
- −6.16%
Brent Crude Oil, the 30 sessions to 2 November 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | BRENT |
|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | 100.3 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 99.3 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 103.1 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 106.6 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 104.3 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 105.3 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 102.6 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 103.5 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 102.3 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 102.3 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 100.3 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 100.6 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 100.2 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 104.3 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 104.7 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 106.7 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 105.7 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 106.1 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 105.9 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 109.9 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 109.6 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 108.8 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 108.8 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 113.2 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 116.7 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 115.8 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 113.9 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 115.3 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 114.9 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 117.6 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 104.8 |
The same day
Other quakes on 2 November 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| RBOB Gasoline GASOLINE | −12.44% | −7.1σ |
| Orange Juice OJ | +14.43% | +3.7σ |
| Occidental Petroleum OXY | −5.12% | −3.7σ |
| Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B | +2.51% | +3.5σ |
| Heating Oil HEATOIL | −7.70% | −3.3σ |
| WTI Crude Oil WTI | −7.36% | −3.1σ |
| ConocoPhillips COP | −4.67% | −3.0σ |
| Exxon Mobil XOM | −4.05% | −3.0σ |
Brent Crude Oil's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 10 September 2026: +6.34%, +3.2σ
- 13 July 2026: +9.59%, +3.5σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of Brent Crude Oil's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on Brent Crude Oil's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.